General

For Immediate Release

 

Canada’s badminton team had a successful Monday at the 2015 Pan Am Games as all team members made it into the semi-finals. As there is no third place match in the competition, athletes making it to this round are guaranteed a minimum of a bronze medal.

No. 1-seeded Michelle Li defeated No. 6-seed Lohaynny Vicente of Brazil, 21-7, 21-18. Earlier, Li and doubles partner, Rachel Honderich, defeated Cynthia Gonzales/Haramara Gaitan of Mexico, 21-11, 21-9. In her singles match, No. 4-seeded Honderich defeated No. 5-seed Silva Fabiana, of Brazil, 21-16, 21-10.

In men’s singles, Canada’s Andrew D’Souza defeated No. 4-seed Sattawat Pongnairat of the USA, 21-14, 21-10.In women’s doubles, the pair of Alex Bruce and Phyllis Chan defeated Luz Zornoza/ Katherine Winder of Peru, 21-16, 23 -10. In Mixed Doubles, No.2 seeded Bruce continued her success with partner Toby Ng as they defeated Ernesto Reyes/Melissa Perez of Cuba, 21-8, 21-12.

All Canadians will play Tuesday July 14 with the winners moving into the gold medal matches on Wednesday and Thursday:

·        Michelle Li/Rachel Honderich facing  Eva Lee/Paula Obanana of the USA in women’s doubles at 10:00

·        Toby Ng/Alex Bruce facing Alex Tjong/Lohaynny Vincente of Brazil in mixed doubles at 11:00

·        Alex Bruce/Phyllis Chan facing  No. 2-seed Luana Vincente/Lohaynny Vincente of Brazil in women’s doubles at 17:00

·        Rachel Honderich facing No. 2-seed  Iris Wang of the USA in women’s singles at 17:30

·        Andrew D’Souza facing No. 1-seed Osleni Guerrero of Cuba in men’s Singles at 18:30

·        Michelle Li facing  No. 3-seed Jamie Subandhi of the USA in women’s singles at 19:00

About Badminton Canada

Badminton Canada is the national governing body of the sport of badminton in Canada. Our mission is to be an innovative and highly respected sports organization that is the leader in contributing to badminton becoming the most successful racquet sport in Canada and the world by enabling Canadian Athletes, Coaches and Officials of all ages, cultural background and skill level the opportunity to excel in badminton and in life.  For further information, visit www.badminton.ca.

 

For more information, please contact:

Joe Morissette

Executive Director

Badminton Canada

morissette@badminton.ca